The Yreka High varsity boys and girls basketball teams competed on the first day of the Mount Shasta Holiday Tournament on Thursday.

The boys squad started things off by narrowly losing to Durham 52-51. The Lady Miners held on for a 53-51 victory for the squad's first win of the year.

In the boys contest, Yreka was down 41-40 the end of the third quarter and looked to take the lead in the fourth quarter. But Durham had other ideas and expanded it's lead to 49-42 with around 2:30 left in the game. Yreka came back, including Levi Bartholomew making a 3-pointer at the buzzer, but in the end, Yreka still came away with with a one-point loss to fall to 0-6 for the season.

Ty Currie led Miner scorers with 16, while Tevin Cadola had 14 points, including two 3-pointers. Bartholomew had 11 points and Ryan Andrus finished with eight points.

In the girls game, Yreka was up by 12 in the fourth quarter when Fall River made a comeback. Down by two with two with three seconds left and with the ball under their own basket, Fall River's hopes of earning a tie or a win were ended when Ashley Ensminger of Yreka stole the ball while it was being thrown inbounds to preserve the win for Yreka. Dakota Cash had 14 points to lead Yreka while Justine Cota finished with 12 points and Ensminger had 10 points. The Lady Miners are now 1-5 for the year.

On Friday, the Yreka girls face Weed at 2:30 p.m. for the third time this season. The Miner boys face Willows at 4 p.m.

Photos and an expanded recap of both games can be found in the Friday edition of the Daily News.